Women's Bantabaa aspiration is always to tell a story that has never been told and bring a story to public that are always waving the flag of freedom yet standby silently with the concerning situation of the people, their narratives, their perspectives, their understanding of the world around them, without feeling that they are constantly defending their religious and cultural identity.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

(Daily News) The Justice Minister of the Gambia, Lamin Jorbateh in a verbal statementafter consultation with his Legal Secretary and Solicitor General Mr. Pa Harry Jammeh finally freed the two journalist on 23rd of October 2012 in Banjul.The two were told in the minister’s office by the minister that the President has called on the relevant authorities to immediately drop the charges leveled against the them.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Exploitation can come
in many ways but every child has the right to live their life free from
exploitation from those who should protect them, says United Kingdom’s deputy
High Commissioner to The Gambia.

George Sheriff said exploitations especially sexual exploitation happens in the
families and communities in The Gambia, and that it is the responsibility of
all to combat it. ”It is our responsibility to ensure that not only do we
identify it, and report it, but to sensitive others to play a more proactive
role in countering it,” he said.

The
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is utterly dismayed at the sluggish
attitude of the Gambian police service in handling the case of the two
journalists who are facing criminal charges in Gambia.

The
MFWA calls on all Gambians living in the Diaspora, individuals and all
organisations to condemn the situation and call on the authorities to drop the
charges immediately.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Anani,
a journalist of the Crocodile weekly was on October 5, 2012 physically
assaulted by police officers while covering their (police) clamp down on
demonstrators belonging to opposition and human rights groups in Lome, the
capital.

The assault on the journalist left him unconscious
following a knock he received from one of the police officers, and was rushed
to a hospital where he was revived.

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Binta A Bah is a young Gambian journalists/blogger who is excited, on the sustainability reporting front which she took as massive a headway as a career. She is the publisher of women’s Bantabaa, an online blog which focuses on human rights, particularly women’s right, press freedom and freedom of expression. She started the journalism trade with The Daily News in 2009 while pursuing a one year certificate course in journalism at Insight Training Center. She hold a diploma in journalism. At The Daily News, she rose through the ranks to become a senior judicial affairs correspondent. She has a vast experience of covering high profile cases including treason trials. She run the ‘Musoolula Bantabaa’ on the Daily News, a weekly column that focuses on women’s affairs. In 2011, she was awarded The Daily News Journalist of the year. She now works with the Standard Newspaper as an associate editor following the closure of The Daily News by state authorities.